Fucking Retards!?
Today was going to be an ok day, so I thought, I've rewrote the backend to my setup application making it all work, about 80% into integration back into the frontend, so comes 16:50, it was a good time to get on my usual commute to go home.
I arrive out back at the bus stop, and begin to wait for my bus which normally arrives at 16:56, today it decides that it doesn't arrive till 17:10 and that meant that I missed my 17:17 train from Bourne End back to Maidenhead, fine, it happens, there's another bus from Bourne End that leaves at around 17:26 that gets me to Maidenhead. So come around 17:35, the Maidenhead bus arrives, so I attempt to get on, hand down a £10 note and ask for a single to Maidenhead, at this point the driver says sorry I have no change for that. Under normal circumstances, the driver normally just let you on the bus and forget about the fare but he just sat there with a blanked expression. I asked him then "what you want me to do then?" He replied with, "there's a pub over there, go get some change." I say fine, but questioned him with "won't you just drive off while I go away to get change?" He just says, "yes, I'm on a schedule and I'm late already, so it's not my problem."
At that point I was just furious so I attempt to argue that your stupid buses were late already causing me to have to take this bus to begin with but he didn't say anything that helped the situation so in the end I just shouted whatever and got off the bus. Having now to wait in the freezing cold till the next train which wasn't due for another hour. In this time which I took to write a shitty complaint to Arriva, made this massive ranting post and well, being cold. I should have taken his driver's number but in my fit of anger, I felt that all I wanted to do was punch his face in, all the other passenger just sat there looking puzzled and amazed. I rarely am actually angry at people but this just tip me, £10 note for a £2.75 fare isn't outrageous, if I was holding a £20 note then yeah, I'll take some of the blame but ffs?!
I arrive out back at the bus stop, and begin to wait for my bus which normally arrives at 16:56, today it decides that it doesn't arrive till 17:10 and that meant that I missed my 17:17 train from Bourne End back to Maidenhead, fine, it happens, there's another bus from Bourne End that leaves at around 17:26 that gets me to Maidenhead. So come around 17:35, the Maidenhead bus arrives, so I attempt to get on, hand down a £10 note and ask for a single to Maidenhead, at this point the driver says sorry I have no change for that. Under normal circumstances, the driver normally just let you on the bus and forget about the fare but he just sat there with a blanked expression. I asked him then "what you want me to do then?" He replied with, "there's a pub over there, go get some change." I say fine, but questioned him with "won't you just drive off while I go away to get change?" He just says, "yes, I'm on a schedule and I'm late already, so it's not my problem."
At that point I was just furious so I attempt to argue that your stupid buses were late already causing me to have to take this bus to begin with but he didn't say anything that helped the situation so in the end I just shouted whatever and got off the bus. Having now to wait in the freezing cold till the next train which wasn't due for another hour. In this time which I took to write a shitty complaint to Arriva, made this massive ranting post and well, being cold. I should have taken his driver's number but in my fit of anger, I felt that all I wanted to do was punch his face in, all the other passenger just sat there looking puzzled and amazed. I rarely am actually angry at people but this just tip me, £10 note for a £2.75 fare isn't outrageous, if I was holding a £20 note then yeah, I'll take some of the blame but ffs?!